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Associated Press Published 11:46 p.m. UTC May 30, 2018 Los Angeles – Southwest Airlines apologized Tuesday to the Cal women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb after she claimed an airline employee stopped her from boarding because the worker didn’t believe her 1-year-old biracial son was hers. A desk agent questioned Gottlieb ahead of a flight from Denver to Oakland Sunday, saying she “had to ‘prove’ that he was my son, despite having his passport,” Gottlieb said in a series of tweets. “She said because we have different last name. My guess is because he has a different skin color,” Gottlieb tweeted Monday. The head coach from the University of California, Berkeley was traveling with her fiance, Patrick Martin, the boy’s father, who is black. Airlines aren’t required to match the last name of a child and guardian for domestic flights. “We have reached out to Ms. Gottlieb directly to address her concerns and … [Read more...] about Coach: Airline asked for proof biracial son was hers

Meghan Markle was glaring at her love interest. She leaned forward, fury clear in her expression as she asked the question: Was it so hard to believe one of her parents was black? “You think,” she spat, “this is just a year-round tan?”Portraits of Meghan Markle from eighth, ninth and 12th grades. From her childhood in Los Angeles to her acting career, Markle has said her "ethnically ambiguous" appearance shaped her identity. (John Dlugolecki/Contact Press Images) He stammered. She grimaced. The opening credits began to roll. It was just the scene of a television show, a few lines from the script of the law drama “Suits.” But Markle would later describe it as something more: the moment she was no longer playing the role of “ethnically ambiguous.” That was the description assigned to so many of the jobs for which she had auditioned. Others asked her to be white, like her father. Or black, like her mother. Finally, in “Suits,” … [Read more...] about The making of Meghan Markle: A ‘confident mixed-race woman’ marries into the Royal family

LONDON — Thomas Markle spent a career in Hollywood, but nothing prepared him for this. The father of royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle has been quoted as saying he will not attend his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry this week after suffering a reported heart attack amid the intense media interest around the nuptials. The retired television cinematographer had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle Saturday at Windsor Castle’s St. George’s Chapel. But celebrity news website TMZ reported Monday that the elder Markle has decided to stay away amid criticism over his decision to pose for mocked up wedding-preparation shots taken by a paparazzi agency. Kensington Palace issued a statement calling for “understanding and respect to be extended to Mr. Markle in this difficult situation.” The palace did not say whether wedding plans had actually changed. On Tuesday, TMZ reported that Thomas Markle said that on reflection, he did want to come, if doctors … [Read more...] about Will he or won’t he? Presence of Markle’s father in doubt

LONDON — Thomas Markle spent a career in Hollywood, but nothing prepared him for this. The father of royal bride-to-be Meghan Markle has been quoted as saying he will not attend his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry this week after suffering a reported heart attack amid the intense media interest around the nuptials. The retired television cinematographer had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle Saturday at Windsor Castle’s St. George’s Chapel. But celebrity news website TMZ reported Monday that the elder Markle has decided to stay away amid criticism over his decision to pose for mocked up wedding-preparation shots taken by a paparazzi agency. Kensington Palace issued a statement calling for “understanding and respect to be extended to Mr. Markle in this difficult situation.” It did not say, however, if any wedding plans had actually changed. Meghan Markle’s half sister said Tuesday that their father, who is in his early 70s, was … [Read more...] about Markle’s father in doubt for royal wedding amid media frenzy

Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader Business by Kristine Phillips by Kristine Phillips Email the author May 8 at 1:51 PM Email the author An employee at a Virginia hotel was fired this week after he was recorded on video using an expletive and a racial slur during a confrontation with a black customer. The video shows the unnamed hotel clerk angrily walking from behind the reception desk, opening the door leading to the lobby and screaming at the customer to “get off my property” as he points his right arm in one direction. “Why?” the customer asks, while recording the encounter. “Because you are rude!” the clerk … [Read more...] about A hotel clerk was caught on video calling a black customer a monkey. He’s been fired.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tears and expressions of grief met the opening of the nation’s first memorial to the victims of lynching Thursday in Alabama. Hundreds lined up in the rain to get a first look at the memorial and museum in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice commemorates 4,400 black people who were slain in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950. Their names, where known, are engraved on 800 dark, rectangular steel columns, one for each U.S. county where lynchings occurred. A related museum, called The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, is opening in Montgomery. Many visitors shed tears and stared intently at the commemorative columns, many of which are suspended in the air from above.Toni Battle drove from San Francisco to attend. “I’m a descendant of three lynching victims,” Battle said, her face wet with tears. “I wanted to come and honor them and also those in my family that … [Read more...] about Lynching memorial and museum in Alabama draw crowds, tears

The women's parts have been strengthened. In the original, June Lockhart's Maureen, though nominally a biochemist and not without maternal spine, actually served milk and cookies. Now Maureen (Molly Parker), a scientific polymath, is the effective head of the family, to which John (Toby Stephens), a former Navy SEAL often away, is trying to return, even as his wife is filing for divorce. Older daughter Judy (Taylor Russell), little more than a blond mannequin in the original, is a medical doctor (and also the product of Maureen's first marriage, and biracial). Penny (Mina Sundwall) is still the dreamy middle child, but also a sulky teenager ready to rebel. ("Oh my God, I hate this planet.") She and her sister don't get along. … [Read more...] about Netflix’s decidedly 21st century ‘Lost in Space’ reboot is worth blasting off with

By Cary Darling Published 11:34 am, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 The original “Lost in Space” science-fiction TV series, which ran from 1965 to 1968, is such a time capsule of its era that it feels more like a history book than a peek into the future. An update of “Swiss Family Robinson” for the space age, it was the story of a nuclear family adrift in the galaxy with a dad who looked like JFK (his first name was John, too), his loyal pilot Don West, mom Maureen and two daughters, Judy and Penny, who generally let the menfolk run things, young Will, his protective robot, and, of course, cowardly and effeminate Dr. Smith, the exact opposite of jut-jawed and heroic John Robinson. To add technical insult to sociological injury, the special effects were not special and barely qualified as effects. The new “Lost in Space,” a 10-part series dropping Friday on Netflix, maintains the basic plot and characters but updates them in intriguing ways and has … [Read more...] about Review: Netflix’s ‘Lost in Space’ is worth getting lost in